Although Hiroshi Uehara’s name might not be all too familiar to many of you, he is definitely one person in BMX doing things on his own terms and making it work! Head over to The Hundreds for a feature on Hiroshi, his streetwear clothing brand and retail store front in Japan and how he connects flatland BMX into the mix. It’s a great read and insightful if you’re interested in business.
Nippon Flatland
Here’s some flatland gold I spotted over on Flat Matters. This video features a few of Japan’s finest throwing down while Kotaro and Hiroshi talk about the scene over there! Definitely one video worth checking out!
“BMX Riders Kotaro Tanaka and Hiroshi Uehara talk about the development of BMX Flatland Culture in Japan.
We will see through the different styles and levels of BMX Flatland Japanese riders the evolution of the sport.
Entirely in Japanese language, they show us their love and Passion to push the sport and the Lifestyle around it.
Filmed in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Nara, Sanda and Kobe in 2010 and 2013.
Featuring Riders: Kotaro Tanaka, Hiroshi Uehara, Yohei “Ucchie” Uchino, Enoyang, Shinichi Kiba, Masato, Mao Yuasa, Naoya Wada, Yu Shoji, Keiji “Tamao” Nakamura, Hiroya Morisaki, Susumo Morioka, Moto Sasaki, Akira Okamura.
Direction & Photography: Camilo Gutierrez
Edit & Post- Production: Irene Rojas Erlenbach
© Wildschnitt
Music by: Dj Baku, L-Vokal, Klooz
Info: wildschnitt.com / camilo-gutierrez.com
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Deco BMX – Memories
During the Red Bull Circle of Balance flatland contest, Deco‘s Chad DeGroot, Kerry Gatt and Hiroshi Uehara sat down to talk about what BMX means to them. This is definitely rad and I’m sure a lot of you can get behind what they are saying.